Virtual bracelet try-on: on the wrist in seconds

How bracelet try-on renders a wrist

A bracelet is a closed curve, and photographed flat it collapses into an oval that says very little about how it wears. On a wrist it either sits snug like a bangle or drapes and shifts like a chain, and that difference is most of what a buyer is deciding between. Rendering the piece on a wrist restores the information the flat lay loses.

The links, the clasp and the metal finish come from your photograph. The wrist, the hand position and the light are generated around them, so a stack of bangles and a fine chain bracelet each behave the way they would in real life rather than being fitted to the same template.

What makes a good source photo

Bracelets vary more in structure than any other category, so give the render enough to tell a rigid piece from a flexible one.

• The piece open or laid in a natural curve, not folded on itself
• The clasp in frame, since it signals how the bracelet fastens
• Even light across the links, so texture is not flattened out
• Focus held along the length rather than on one point

Where on-wrist bracelet images earn their keep

Fit is the returned-item risk with bracelets, and an on-wrist image is the cheapest way to set an expectation before the parcel ships. It is also what makes a stack sell as a stack, because the appeal of layering is only visible when the pieces are worn together.

Renders come with full commercial rights, so one image serves the product page, a marketplace listing and a campaign.